Recovering from the Passage in Marsh Harbour, Abacos, Bahamas

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 — It usually takes us a few days to recover from the disrupted sleep cycles during passages. This morning, we woke up feeling like our body clocks were back to normal. While Eric was still in pain, his back did feel a little better. Knowing he was on the mend made him optimistic that he’d fully recover relatively soon. Sunrise.

In the morning, we did school and chores. In the afternoon, we went back to Snappas for lunch. Snappas also had beautiful views. The menu had a page explaining its history. It had opened in 2002, and was destroyed by a hurricane in 2004. In 2005, it reopened and was destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in 2019. It reopened again in 2023. The food was good, but we thought that Colors had better food, more food choices, and was better value for money. 

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Welcome to Marsh Harbour, Abacos Islands, Bahamas

Monday, November 17 continued… once we’d anchored, we breathed a huge sigh of relief. We made it! Woo hoo! We watched the sunrise.

We noticed that, unlike most of the other places we’d visited in The Bahamas, the water had a green hue to it instead of the typical stunning azure blue. The water in and of itself was clear, but there was algae on the sand, giving the water the green tint. 

After the sunrise, we got to work. Keith did a light rinse down to get the worst of the salt off. Now that we were back to making all of our own water, we were concerned about water usage, so he was careful to not use more than was absolutely necessary. Christi wiped down the windows with wet, lightly soaped rags.

Eric went out to the back deck and configured the boom from paravane mode to dinghy mode. He had to twist a little awkwardly to undo the shackles and reattach them differently, which involved bending and twisting at awkward angles. At one point, he felt something was wrong, and realized that he’d hurt his back. 

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Replacing the Low Water Bilge Pump in Drayden, Maryland

Thursday, November 6, 2025 — Despite going to bed so late, we were all up by 0730. While we did managed to get some sleep, we didn’t sleep particularly well — especially Eric. The anchorage was beautiful.

The full moon hadn’t yet set, and was still huge and bright, even at 0730. And yes, the little boat was a working waterman boat.

Eric determined that it would be best to fix the problems in a marina. There happened to be a marina, called Dennis Point Marina, a short distance away. Eric called promptly at 0900, when they opened. They said they did have a slip for us, which was a relief.

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The Maritime Museum in Annapolis, MD

Friday, October 31 — This morning it felt like 38 degrees with wind chill factor. Christi had a hard time dragging herself outside to watch the sunrise. Because of the cold, she didn’t stay outside long, but she was glad she at least got to enjoy a few minutes of the lovely dawn, Here were a couple shots:

We were pleased to report that this morning, the flooding was gone and all was back to normal in the marina. While Christi and Keith did school, Eric cleaned the sea strainers. There was lots of mud in them and two live fish! One fish was long and skinny. He thought it looked like a snake and wondered if it was an eel.  

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